Maria Perschy
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Maria Perschy (23 September 1938 - 3 December 2004) was born in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria and moved to Vienna at the age of 17 to study acting. After completing her education, she moved to Germany for more training, leading to a career which would eventually take her — by way of France, Italy, and Great Britain — to Hollywood. Perschy played in a number of American films, but her most notable roles were in the 1962 biopic Freud and the 1963 Rock Hudson comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?. Perschy's career petered out and by the late 1970s, during which her only US appearances were brief roles in such show as Hawaii Five-O and General Hospital.
While shooting in Spain an accident with fire injured her badly and she was confined to her bed for a long time. After her recovery Perschy returned to her native Austria in 1985 and continued to perform in a series of plays and TV series. On 3 December 2004, Austrian state broadcaster ORF reported that Maria Perschy had succumbed to cancer in Vienna.
[edit] Partial filmography
- Call Girls (1957)
- Nasser Asphalt (1958)
- Natürlich die Autofahrer (1959)
- Freud (1962)
- The Password is Courage (1962)
- 633 Squadron (1964)
- Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
- Secret of the Sphinx (1964)
- Kiss Kiss Kill Kill (1965)
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia, retrieved April 18 2005.
